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University of Vt College of Medicine Breaks Ground on Renaissance Project
University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care have broken ground on the Renaissance Project, a $173.4 million project uniting the two institutions in education, research, and patient care. The project includes construction of a new Education and Conference Center with a medical library, lecture hall, auditorium, classrooms, and study areas for small groups. The project will relocate outpatient specialty clinics from Fletcher Allen's University Health Campus to a new Ambulatory Care Center.
University of Pennsylvania Completes Campus Master Plan
The University of Pennsylvania Riverview Campus master plan was recently completed by Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates. The 20-acre Philadelphia Civic Center site will be transformed into a mixed-use healthcare and research center serving the needs of the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania.
Cal Poly Pomona Completes Engineering Lab Replacement Project
California Polytechnic University, Pomona is completing construction of the Engineering Laboratory Replacement Project phase two--a $20 million, two-story, 117,900-sf facility accommodating engineering labs, classrooms, and offices. Nielsen Dillingham Builders of San Diego is in charge of construction. Architect for the project is Leo A. Daly of Omaha, Neb. The civil engineer is Boyle Engineering of Newport Beach, Calif.
Emory University Builds LEED Research Facilities
Emory University has three projects under construction targeted to meet LEEDTM standards: an interdisciplinary science building, Science 2000 Phase Two; the Winship Cancer Institute; and the Whitehead Biomedical Research Building. In the Winship building and the 325,000-sf Whitehead building, enthalpy heat wheel devices are expected to pay for themselves through reduced energy costs in five to seven years. Approximately $326,000 of the Winship building’s $60-million price tag is LEEDs related, a percentage expected to prevail in the other buildings.
John M. Olin School of Business to Expand
Washington University's John M. Olin School of Business has selected Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates (TK&A) to program and develop a conceptual design for expansion. Simon Hall is slated to be reprogrammed to increase building efficiency and to provide needed administrative and study facilities. The 157,000-sf Earth and Planetary Sciences building at Washington University will also be designed by TK&A.